Cognitive Control Dysfunction and the Transition From Nicotine Use to Dependence

Impulsivity and vulnerability for transition from binge drinking to alcohol use disorder

Antoinette Poulton, Oliver Eastwood, Loren Richard Bruns, Richard Sinnott, Robert Hester

2022-10-01

Reductions in alcohol intake among young adults during the pandemic underpinned by binge drinkers and not related to changes in behavioural impulsivity

Antoinette Poulton, Clare McGinness, Sarah Clarke, Loren Richard Bruns, Richard Sinnott, Robert Hester

2022-10-01

The effectiveness of an electronic intervention involving personalised alcohol intake and brain health feedback to reduce alcohol misuse

Antoinette Poulton, Clare McGinness, Sarah Clarke, Tahlia Turner, Robert Hester

2022-10-01

Web-Based Independent Versus Laboratory-Based Stop-Signal Task Performance: Within-Subjects Counterbalanced Comparison Study

A Poulton, LPE Chen, G Dali, M Fox, R Hester

2022-05-01

Background: Considered a facet of behavioral impulsivity, response inhibition facilitates adaptive and goal-directed behavior. It ..

People with tobacco use disorder exhibit more prefrontal activity during preparatory control but reduced anterior cingulate activity during reactive control

S Kalhan, LPE Chen, MI Garrido, R Hester

2022-03-01

Reduced inhibitory control and a hypersensitivity to reward are key deficits in drug dependents; however, they tend to be studied ..

Addressing methodological issues in a study of impulsivity and vulnerability for transition to alcohol use disorder

A Poulton, O Eastwood, LR Bruns, RO Sinnott, R Hester

2022-02-01

Background: Heightened behavioral impulsivity has been advocated as a preexisting risk factor for the development of alcohol use d..

Evaluating untimed and timed abridged versions of Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices

A Poulton, K Rutherford, S Boothe, M Brygel, A Crole, G Dali, LR Bruns, RO Sinnott, R Hester

2022-01-01

Introduction: Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM) are frequently utilized in clinical and experimental settings to index i..

Transition to substance use disorders: Impulsivity for reward and learning from reward

A Poulton, R Hester

2020-10-01

Substance dependence constitutes a profound societal burden. Although large numbers of individuals use licit or illicit substances..

Predictors of Adverse Alcohol Use Consequences Among Tertiary Students

A Poulton, A Mata, J Pan, LR Bruns, RO Sinnott, R Hester

2019-05-01

Background: The alcohol consumption patterns of young adults are of concern. Critically, tertiary students consume greater quantit..

A smartphone app to assess alcohol consumption behavior: Development, compliance, and reactivity

A Poulton, J Pan, LR Bruns, RO Sinnott, R Hester

2019-03-01

© 2019 Journal of Medical Internet Research. All rights reserved. Background: There are disadvantages-largely related to cost, par..

Assessment of alcohol intake: Retrospective measures versus a smartphone application

A Poulton, J Pan, LR Bruns, RO Sinnott, R Hester

2018-08-01

Introduction: Research investigating problem drinking often relies on retrospective measures to assess alcohol consumption behavio..

Cognitive Control Over Immediate Reward in Binge Alcohol Drinkers

A Poulton, C Mackenzie, K Harrington, S Borg, R Hester

2016-02-01

Background: Cognitive control deficits, as captured by inhibitory control measures, are indicative of increased impulsivity and ar..

Inhibitory control dysfunction in nicotine dependence and the influence of short-term abstinence

K Charles-Walsh, L Furlong, DG Munro, R Hester

2014-01-01

Background: Although the majority of substance use disorders depict reliable deficits in inhibitory control (IC), similar deficits..